Flood City

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This is a satisfying science fiction adventure set in a dystopian world. Flood City is the only habitable place left on earth after the waters rose. A watery metropolis set among the tops of tall buildings, it nevertheless has a thriving population of black and brown people. Max and his sister Yala......more

Told from several points of view, this post-apocalyptic story by Older is a stand-alone story. The brown inhabitants of Flood City (aptly named, as the last city on Earth floods often) were left behind years ago by the white "Chemical Barons" who went rogue and fled into space. The Barons return to......more

This middle grade children's novel is set in the future where Earth is covered entirely by water except for Flood City. The inhabitants are protected by the Star Guard, which is a group blue giant aliens, but they also come under attack by the Chemical Barons, who are the ones responsible for floodi......more

While the main plot was set up fine by the world building, there were enough moments where something came kind of out of left field (wait, there are aliens? wait, magic?) that I was left with the odd feeling that I was reading a random book in a series, or fanfic for something I wasn't familiar with......more